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Las Vegas. — A coffee-plantation lying on the eastern end of a long 

 ridge extending east from La Horqueta, and situated at an altitude of 

 from 3,000 to 5,000 feet. Because of this range in elevation the col- 

 lection made here by the junior author between May 28 and June 9, 

 1913, contains both Tropical and Subtropical Zone species. It is a 

 region of very heavy forests and much humidity, the whole eastern 

 slope of the Sierra Nevada and San Lorenzo having a greater rain- 

 fall than the western and northern slopes. 



Loma Larga. — A little settlement along the trail from Rio Hacha to 

 Fonseca, near where it crosses the eastern extremity of the Sierra 

 Nevada. The altitude here is about 2,500 feet, but the crest of the 

 range is about 5,000 feet, thus lying in the Subtropical Zone. The 

 country in the vicinity is heavily wooded, and the fauna resembles 

 that of the north coast. Collections and observations were made here 

 on July 28 and 29, 1920. 



Macotama. — At present only a small Indian village, but formerly 

 the headquarters of the whole Arhuaco tribe. It is still the place of 

 residence of the chief " medicine-man " or " doctor," as the Indians 

 call him. It is situated in the valley of the Rio Macotama (under 

 which name the upper part of the Rio Ancha is locally known) about 

 ten( ?) miles 20 above San Miguel. The altitude of the village is about 

 7,000 feet 21 (not 8,000 feet, as stated by Mr. Bangs on Mr. 

 ■Brown's authority), but the mountains rise on either side of 

 the river to 11,000 or 12,000 feet. There is no forest belt low down 

 in this valley, but only scattering trees and shrubs along the river and 

 in the ravines. The village lies on the right bank of the stream as one 

 ascends, and the mountain on that side is clothed only in grass as far 

 as the eye can reach, with rarely a clump of low bushes. On the op- 

 posite side there is considerable second-growth, and higher up some 

 virgin forest is still left between 8,000 and 9,000 feet, where the forest 

 ends and paramo conditions begin. Mr. Brown made extensive col- 

 lections here, and from the circumstance that these contain both Sub- 

 tropical and Temperate Zone species it is evident that he covered the 

 higher elevations in the vicinity as well as the valley in his work. 



20 According to the available maps, however, it is not over six miles. — 

 W. E. C. T. 



21 This is Mr. Carriker's statement. On Simons' revised map the altitude 

 is distinctly given as 9,000 feet, while according to Sievers it is 2,580 meters 

 (=8,464 feet).— W. E. C. T. 



